Homemade Thin Mints #cookieweek

Forget waiting for that special time of year when you get to order Girl Scout Cookies, now you have your own Homemade Thin Mints whenever you want!

So I lied the other day, today is my favorite day. These are just impossible to resist. Myself and Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic have joined together this week with 23 of their blog friends to present to you a week of cookie treats! We have every type of cookie you can think of listed this week, including something for our furry friends! Now is the time to bookmark these recipes for the upcoming holidays and cookie swaps or simply visit our Pinterest board! Make sure you enter the giveaway with some fabulous prizes from KitchenAid, King Arthur Flour, OXO, Silpat and Zulka Pure Cane Sugar to help with your cookie making needs!

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Attention Girl Scouts of America, you’ve been replaced. . . .by ME! That’s right ladies and gentlemen, you no longer have seek out a Girl Scout or buy boxes and boxes of Thin Mints to hoard throughout the year because I have made a near perfect replica of them.

Why am I calling these near perfect and not a perfect replica you ask? Well that’s because my version is a little thicker than those GS mass-produced cookies. This is not necessary a bad thing, I mean I for one am not going to complain about getting more minty cookie and chocolate coating. Actually, Braden keep saying I needed to change the name from *Thin* Mints to Fat Mints. I guess in this case it’ll keep me out of trademark trouble, right? 🙂

Texture wise, these fat mints 😉 are spot on – they’ve got that shortbready texture of the official version and a nice thick chocolate coating. To make sure there was plenty of mint flavor floating around, I added extract to both the cookie dough and the chocolate. I also recommend keeping them in the freezer, but that’s just my personal preference on how I like to eat my Thin, sorry I mean Fat Mints.

Fat mints for the win! Living overseas, Thin Mints have not been an option for me for many years. I get my mom to buy them and put them in the freezer for me at home but now, FREEEEE – DOMMMMM! Thanks to you, I can make my OWN. Pinning on my Recipes to Try board.

Fat Mints! Ha! Love them. I always have trouble finding Girl Scouts to buy from in my area, and many years, I miss it entirely. I’m keeping this recipe bookmarked for next time I get a craving for my favorite cookie. I already have some mint extract, too.

Susan, this is a dangerous recipe to have. Now I have you to thank for my freezer being continually stocked with frozen Fat Mints 😉 They look wonderful and I love that you increased the mint factor by adding it to both the cookie and the chocolate.